GABINA LOPEZ **** Harborview Drive

New Orleans, LA 70126

Cell: 504-***-****

acwbo3@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a full-time position where I can utilize my educational background, work experience and expertise to benefit an organization.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate English/Spanish.

Dedicated and focused; able to prioritize and complete multiple tasks and follow through to achieve project goals.

Team-oriented as well as strong independent work ethic.

Efficient when meeting quality standards for services.

Computer Operation Systems: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.

EDUCATION

Mercy College Technical Career Institutes

Bronx, NY New York, NY 10001

Major: Psychology Major: Office Technology

Bachelor in Science Associated in Applied Science

EXPERIENCE

10/14 - Present Dura CARE Counseling & Consulting Services

Mental Health Specialist

Maintain a caseload, provide service upon demand without lapse in coverage, and accepts new clients in accordance with the procedures and needs of DCC.

Performs timely and through specialist quality assessment that results in a broad picture of treatment needs, including disorders when appropriate.

Clinical diagnosis, treatment plan, and progress notes are congruent and adhere to best practices and quality standard of care.

Documents symptoms, course of treatment and provides comprehensive clinical services.

Provide crisis intervention services to stabilize clients.

Work collaboratively with clients to effectively address mental health and substance abuse issues.

provides quality and timely emergency services by phone, face-to-face,

Data Entry for Magellan

10/09 – 10/14 Catholic Guardian Society and Home Bureau

Case Planner Preventive Service

Responsible for assessing children and family needs and implementing preventive services in an effort to avert, when possible, foster care placement and disruption of the family unit.

Evaluate the social, developmental and resource needs of children and families, develop and implement individualized service plans and when necessary, provide protective and placement services for dependent or neglected children.

Counsel families toward resolving individual and family problems.

Provide individual and family casework counseling.

Type progress notes, service plan, family assessment report, evaluation of change, closure report, etc…

10/08 – 11/09 Family Support Systems Unlimited, Inc.

Bronx, NY 10458

Caseworker/Trainer

Orientate prospective foster parents

Recertify foster parent homes (home visits/schedule parents for interviews)

Data collector and data entry (EVOLV and Connections Programs)

Provide impractical resolution to conflicts among parents, children, and foster parents

Develop and review service plan in consultation with clients and performs follow-ups.

Train perspective foster parents on State, City, and Agency Regulations (GPSII/MAPP)

Fingerprint prospective foster parent and other household over 18 years old.

Complete home re-certification

Complete home studies.

2008 – 5/2009 Champion Learning

Tutor Mentor –(part time)

Assist children with homework and reports.

Tutored 5-18 years old Hispanic students in English Comprehension and Math.

2005 – 2009

Family Support System Unlimited, Inc.

Bronx, NY 10458

Administrative Assistant/Trainer – Training Dept.

Conduct orientations, MAPP/GPS, Special Needs Training.

Generate, type and prepare memos, reports and correspondence

Schedule training, appointments, seminars and meetings.

Conduct Home visit for Recertification for Homefinding Department.

Transcribe minutes of meetings

7/00 – 2005 Family Support System Unlimited, Inc.

Bronx, NY 10458

Case Aide/Secretary – Homefinding/Quality Assurance

Responsible for accepting, reviewing and investigating prospective foster parent application

Input information in CCRS

Responsible for inviting prospective foster parent to MAPP/GPS orientations and training within 10 days of the application date.

Fingerprint prospective foster parent and other household over 18 years old.

Maintain an accurate manual database of all license expirations to support the tracking of annual foster parent re-certifications, the distributions of a monthly “tickler”.

Responsible for reviewing SCR clearances on prospective foster parents and other household members for accuracy, and mailing to ACS and NYSDSS

Answer, screen, record and/or forward all incoming calls appropriately

Review, stamp date, sort, prioritize and forward all incoming and out-going mail to the appropriate departments

Generate, type and prepare memos, reports and correspondence

Maintain and efficient filing system

Prepare employee time report for managerial/administrative staff supervised by the Director of training.

Collect sibling tracking from all the units and make sure that the dates are correct and type report for ACS.

Carry the Intake Beeper and make placements

Recruit foster parent

Assist on CCRS input as needed or requested.

Perform other duties as assigned.

REFERENCE Available upon request

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

New York State Office of ACS

Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting MAPP/GPS

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